Jury previously found that Google infringed 9 lines of code, they also found Google infringed 37 Java APIs but could not agree on whether it was fair use or not

Judge Alsup ruled Google infringed with its use of 8 Java test files

Judge Alsup has yet to rule if APIs are copyrightable (briefings on that issue happening now regarding interoperability) - then Alsup is off for 2 days for personal reasons - so ruling coming sometime next week.

if APIs are not copyrightable, Judge will rule on other two infringements at up to $150,000 per infringement

if APIs ARE copyrightable all three infringement counts get bundled in new trial (or appeal)

Apple Sr. VP Jonathan Ive is now officially a "Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the New Year Honours list for services to design and enterprise."

If you've never heard of Ive, he's the designer of the iMac, iPhone, and the iPad

To celebrate, Ive gave a long interview to The Telegraph that is being parsed by blogs everywhere

Highlights:

waxed poetically about design, and how he is “definitely the product of a very British design education”.

When asked if he could be remembered for just one Apple design, Ive answered “It’s a really tough one. A lot does seem to come back to the fact that what we’re working on now feels like the most important and the best work we’ve done, and so it would be what we’re working on right now, which of course I can’t tell you about.”

On Apple design/development

"We're developing products in exactly the same way that we were two years ago, five years ago, ten years ago. It's not that there are a few of us working in the same way: there is a large group of us working in the same way."

Tidbits:

When the interviewer mentioned the stitching on the leather looks of apps the Telegraphs says Ive winced, but replied with "My focus is very much working with the other teams on the product ideas and then developing the hardware and so that's our focus and that's our responsibility. In terms of those elements you're talking about, I'm not really connected to that."

Ive debunked the theory that the iPad 2 was inspired by a samurai sword

You can access the options by going to the General options menu and choosing Advanced startup

You can also reboot into the menu by holding down the shift when rebooting from the regular menu or run shutdown.exe from command line as well.

legacy hardware that was made before Windows 8 will not have these new UEFI-provided menu features (booting to firmware settings and booting directly to a device). The firmware on these devices will continue to support this functionality from the POST screen as it did in the past.

ALSO - BGR reports Microsoft will release Microsoft Office for iPad and Android in November

Amazon has an agreement with Paramount Pictures to carry hundreds of Paramount films including MI3, Braveheart and Mean Girls

Multichannel Video Programming Distributor (MPVD) A company called Sky Angel, which largely carrier Christian-oriented programming wanted to add Discovery to its Internet service. Discovery declined but Sky Angel petitioned the FCC to make Discovery play ball under the rules of MPVD.

In a public comment period that ends in the coming weeks, the FCC is asking whether the rules of multichannel distributors — like the right to carry certain popular channels and the responsibility to carry some less popular ones — should apply to new online distributors

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"Hey TNT Crew,

I just got done listening to Episode 506 from yesterday where you guys discussed [Amazon's] new ""Test Drive"" feature for their app marketplace. The Windows Phone Marketplace has offered trial versions of apps since it was launched, which allows developers to offer a free version of their app that you can use to your heart's content and allows you to experience the main features of what their app has to offer.

Sincerely,
Brad
Kalamazoo, Michigan"

"Hi,

The Verizon Viewdini App, other than having a cheesy name, is nothing new. I have been using the Fanhattan app for quite some time now. It has a slick interface and shows you different sources to find the content. It also includes a synopsis and review from Rotten Tomatoes.

Thanks for you great shows,

Dion Norman"

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